Thai Wrecking Machine Headlines ONE Friday Fights 162 This Friday
Southpaw powerhouse Kongklai Sor Sommai meets Moroccan puncher Adam Benwarwar in a bantamweight Muay Thai main event at ONE Friday Fights 162 on Friday, July 17. The card broadcasts live in Asia primetime from Bangkok, Thailand.
Kongklai lost his first ten professional fights and kept going anyway, eventually stringing together an 18-bout winning streak that included the only knockout of Seksan Or Kwanmuang ever recorded in the big gloves.
The 27-year-old carries that legacy into Friday’s fight looking to get back on track after a tough loss to Julio Lobo at ONE Friday Fights 152. Benwarwar needs no extra motivation of his own, having announced himself with a first-round knockout and an explosive striking arsenal that has put opponents away at every level.
The co-main event brings the Seksan connection full circle. Khunponnoi Sor Sommai, the younger brother of “The Man Who Yields To No One,” takes on Scotland’s Gregor Thom in a flyweight Muay Thai matchup on the same card that headlines the man who once knocked his brother out.
The 33-year-old Sor Sommai product has 127 professional wins, including 28 knockouts, and has spent years working to step out of the most beloved shadow in ONE Championship. Thom’s own story is one of the series’ great origin tales, a fighter who started training during pandemic lockdown boredom and forged himself into a legitimate threat with a powerful low-kick game.
Rounding out the card, seven further bouts span Muay Thai, kickboxing, and MMA, including Buakaew Sor Sor Pakorn against Aldo Cruz and Mathieu Greco against Eldiyar Alymseiitov in the lone MMA bout of the night.
Every fighter on the card is chasing the same prize: a life-changing US$100,000 contract and a permanent spot on ONE Championship’s global roster.
ONE Friday Fights 162 Full Card
- Kongklai Sor Sommai vs. Adam Benwarwar (Muay Thai – bantamweight)
- Khunponnoi Sor Sommai vs. Gregor Thom (Muay Thai – flyweight)
- Buakaew Sor Sor Pakorn vs. Aldo Cruz (Muay Thai – flyweight)
- Singsuek Sakanupong vs. Watcharaphon Risingmuaythai (Muay Thai – strawweight)
- Jaxson Hayman vs. Liu Quan (Muay Thai – lightweight)
- Petubon Sor Teanchai vs. Lerdsila Jitmuangnon (Muay Thai – flyweight)
- Isaiah Badato vs. Ryunosuke Omori (kickboxing – strawweight)
- Mathieu Greco vs. Eldiyar Alymseiitov (MMA – bantamweight)
- Mia Trevorrow vs. Magdalena Pircher (Muay Thai – atomweight)
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